Jewish Prayers

Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg gave the commencement address at Harvard University on Thursday, closing his speech by sharing a Jewish prayer called the "Mi Shebeirach," which he said he recites whenever he faces a big challenge and which he sings to his daughter, thinking of her future, when he tucks her in at night.

A Jerusalem court Tuesday authorised Israeli rabbi Yehuda Glick, who survived an attempt on his life after calling for Jewish prayer rights at Al-Aqsa mosque compound, to visit the flashpoint holy site.

At least 50,000 Jewish worshippers attended a prayer ceremony at Jerusalem's Western Wall on Monday as Israel marked the week-long Passover festival, police said.

Pope Francis makes his first trip to the Middle East this month accompanied by Jewish and Muslim intellectuals to push for inter-religious dialogue amid stalled peace talks between Israel and the Palestinians.

Israel's Prime Minister has instructed a quasi-governmental Jewish organisation to find a solution for non-Orthodox Jewish female groups wishing to pray at one of Judaism's holiest sites.

Israelis ushered in the Jewish New Year on Sunday with a sense of uncertainty, fearful that war with Iran could break out this year. The two-day Rosh Hashana holiday, which was beginning at sundown, commemorates the creation of the world - which this year reached the age of 5773, according to the Jewish calendar. In synagogues, special prayers are ...

Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg gave the commencement address at Harvard University on Thursday, closing his speech by sharing a Jewish prayer called the "Mi Shebeirach," which he said he recites whenever he faces a big challenge and which he sings to his daughter, thinking of her future, when he tucks her in at night.

A Jerusalem court Tuesday authorised Israeli rabbi Yehuda Glick, who survived an attempt on his life after calling for Jewish prayer rights at Al-Aqsa mosque compound, to visit the flashpoint holy site.

At least 50,000 Jewish worshippers attended a prayer ceremony at Jerusalem's Western Wall on Monday as Israel marked the week-long Passover festival, police said.

Pope Francis makes his first trip to the Middle East this month accompanied by Jewish and Muslim intellectuals to push for inter-religious dialogue amid stalled peace talks between Israel and the Palestinians.

Israel's Prime Minister has instructed a quasi-governmental Jewish organisation to find a solution for non-Orthodox Jewish female groups wishing to pray at one of Judaism's holiest sites.

Israelis ushered in the Jewish New Year on Sunday with a sense of uncertainty, fearful that war with Iran could break out this year. The two-day Rosh Hashana holiday, which was beginning at sundown, commemorates the creation of the world - which this year reached the age of 5773, according to the Jewish calendar. In synagogues, special prayers are ...